Member Request

[shaunxw]

My earliest non-trivial PR:

• "OR gate" for EnsureOrigin paritytech/substrate#6237

Some notable PRs:

• XCM simulator paritytech/polkadot#3538
• Fix xcmp message processing condition. paritytech/cumulus#510
• Implement 'transactional' annotation for runtime functions. paritytech/substrate#6763
• Add Xcm sender. paritytech/polkadot#2489

In addition to Polkadot/Substrate/Cumulus code contribution, I also

• contributed notably into scale-info back in 2019 https://github.com/paritytech/scale-info/commits?author=shaunxw
• created tools, for instance xcm-emulator to emulate and test XCM messages of production runtime. https://github.com/shaunxw/xcm-simulator#xcm-emulator
• reported bugs, such as UMP sink bug UMP sink bug: XCM message would be discarded if ump_service_total_weight reached paritytech/polkadot#3782, XCM encoding error HRMP channel setup results 'xcmHandler.BadFormat' event in collators paritytech/polkadot#2490 etc.
• raised feature requests and so on.

I would like to apply for Rank 2.

[rphmeier]

I believe I or II Dan is more appropriate,

A member at this rank should be a core part of the team. Clear demonstration
of knowledge of the protocol is crucial, but since the individual knowledge of the
protocol is unlikely to be complete then general knowledge acquisition and communication/
sharing is also very important. The individual should be becoming
deeply familiar with at least one major area of the protocol in their role as a builder and should be becoming increasingly
familiar with design considerations typical in protocol development

Whereas the requirement of III Dan that

becoming
a Fellow indicates the individual has enough knowledge and skill to build
substantial protocol components (i.e. all but the major protocol components,
e.g. a pallet or 2-10,000 line crate) alone and with high expectations that they
will be completed correctly and to a high standard. They should be able and willing to support that which they built
given that it is running 24/7 on a public network.

has not been demonstrated sufficiently by the links above

[gavofyork]

Indeed. I think the contributions back up a solid II Dan though, especially with the XCM simulator.

[shaunxw]

Thanks for the feedback. Updated my PR to apply for II Dan.